Can you disable armor break?

[Yukeh]

I'm interested in the gameplay of this game, but the "stripping simulator" is a deal breaker for me. Never mind that i love customization, i can't stand humiliation and objectification - can armor break be turned off?

The combat looks fun. I'd hate to have to put the game on my ignore list just because of perverted design.

[Ares4X]

Perverted Design? Wait a moment.....O.o

[Yukeh]

Originally posted by Ares4X:

Perverted Design? Wait a moment.....O.o

What gameplay purpose does armor break fulfill? Does it change your stats? Your combat performance? Does it make your character quicker? Do they take more damage?

If you can answer all those questions with "No", then the only reason this function even exists is to objectify the fighters for creeps who are into that.

[Chad Kroeger of Nickelback]

Originally posted by very sleepeh yukeh:

Originally posted by Ares4X:

Perverted Design? Wait a moment.....O.o

What gameplay purpose does armor break fulfill? Does it change your stats? Your combat performance? Does it make your character quicker? Do they take more damage?

If you can answer all those questions with "No", then the only reason this function even exists is to objectify the fighters for creeps who are into that.

He means because "sexualized" characters have been a staple of the series for a while. If you can't handle that then maybe the game isn't for you and you should get out of your hugbox every once in a while because really it doesn't ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ matter.

[CHAIN BREAKER]

Originally posted by very sleepeh yukeh:

Your combat performance?

Yes. You can create CaS character good\bad enough, so when opponent breaks your armor you can stun them for a second with your flashy look.

[Fyk0]

Originally posted by very sleepeh yukeh:

Originally posted by Ares4X:

Perverted Design? Wait a moment.....O.o

What gameplay purpose does armor break fulfill? Does it change your stats? Your combat performance? Does it make your character quicker? Do they take more damage?

If you can answer all those questions with "No", then the only reason this function even exists is to objectify the fighters for creeps who are into that.

Are you for real? Have you seen the character roster?

[RiftHunter4]

IDK. There's something gratifying about slapping a dude so hard he loses his shoes LOL. I think it's a dumb feature, but whatever.

[Yukeh]

Originally posted by RiftHunter4:

IDK. There's something gratifying about slapping a dude so hard he loses his shoes LOL. I think it's a dumb feature, but whatever.

Thanks for the laugh. Great way to put it.

[Yukeh]

Originally posted by Fyk0:

Originally posted by very sleepeh yukeh:

What gameplay purpose does armor break fulfill? Does it change your stats? Your combat performance? Does it make your character quicker? Do they take more damage?

If you can answer all those questions with "No", then the only reason this function even exists is to objectify the fighters for creeps who are into that.

Are you for real? Have you seen the character roster?

Yes. It's bad enough already without the unnecessary rape fetish stripping system.

Most of the characters were created two decades ago, so it's understandable they're exaggerated and sexualized to all hell (the females more so than the males, but that doesn't mean the males are spared) as is the culture in japan. But well... It's been two decades.

[Cypher]

I don't like the armor break mechanic either. Not because of creepy sexualisation or anything. I just think it looks stupid. Only Taki, Sophitia, and Ivy have actual battle damaged costumes because their clothing layers made it necessary. For everyone else, exploding armor. And don't expect Bamco to address this, because it's an intentional design choice. You can see it in the concept art in-game.

This has been a long standing complaint about the game, especially when it comes to CAS. You can create a badass character, but they'll be reduced to their breeches with a single lethal hit. In previous games, they at least put in some effort into modelling battle damage for the default characters. But here, they doubled down, and now even the default characters outfits follow the same rules as CAS.

[Fyk0]

Originally posted by very sleepeh yukeh:

Originally posted by Fyk0:

Are you for real? Have you seen the character roster?

Yes. It's bad enough already without the unnecessary rape fetish stripping system.

Most of the characters were created two decades ago, so it's understandable they're exaggerated and sexualized to all hell (the females more so than the males, but that doesn't mean the males are spared) as is the culture in japan. But well... It's been two decades.

I don't know man, that's like me going to Tekken boards telling how I want big tiddy Ivy or Taki there with armor stripping system because it's my preference to have such characters and I like lewd characters. If you lose your sleep over half naked women, this game ain't for you.

[Yukeh]

Originally posted by Shin Volcano:

No, and there is no reason to turn it off, It really dosn't bother me, but i guess i'm not that sensetive. That is just something SC games have done, You must be new to the series.

I played SC4 nearly a decade ago. It had full body chainmail for custom characters which made the armor break a bit more tolerable.

Armor break was, as far as i can tell, introduced in SC3 or 4. You must be new to the series.

[Yukeh]

Originally posted by Fyk0:

Originally posted by very sleepeh yukeh:

Yes. It's bad enough already without the unnecessary rape fetish stripping system.

Most of the characters were created two decades ago, so it's understandable they're exaggerated and sexualized to all hell (the females more so than the males, but that doesn't mean the males are spared) as is the culture in japan. But well... It's been two decades.

I don't know man, that's like me going to Tekken boards telling how I want big tiddy Ivy or Taki there with armor stripping system because it's my preference to have such characters and I like lewd characters. If you lose your sleep over half naked women, this game ain't for you.

So does the game have any full body clothing or not? So far you haven't contributed anything.

It's a fighting game. It's about fighting. Not about tearing people's clothes off. You intend to beat them up, not rape them. Stripping off clothes is about as relevant to this game as your comment is to the topic at hand.

All i ask is if you can turn it off for specific characters (or for all of them), or if you have some sort of unbreakable clothing you can customize your characters with. I like making my own characters and do not like seeing a representation of myself stripped for the sake of objectification.

This also applies to the default characters as i strongly dislike objectification universally, in case you were about to scream sexism because i didn't mention the male characters suffering the same treatment as a females.

Should i also point out that the male characters typically retain full pants while females are often stripped to bikinis? Normally i'd complain that the males are getting preferential treatment, but in this case i don't want them to suffer like we do because i don't want anybody to in the first place.

[GORECHIMERA]

Yeah, it's weird that you can't turn it off considering it's just a visual effect. I mean, even Senran Kagura which revolves around sexual content implemented the option to disable it.

[Flaccid Pancake]

You can't disable armor break.
You can equip chars with something like chain mail which will never break, but you know...it's chain mail and doesn't look that good lol.

In the end breaking clothes of chars is a very minor feature which will honestly not really be that notable most of the time while you're fighting other people.
You're still gonna see an Azwel reduced to just some old guy wearing a thong sometimes and you'll see things like perverted custom chars online, but that's all *pretty* easy to ignore while you're playing.

[Yukeh]

Originally posted by Yeetking:

You can't disable armor break.
You can equip chars with something like chain mail which will never break, but you know...it's chain mail and doesn't look that good lol.

In the end breaking clothes of chars is a very minor feature which will honestly not really be that notable most of the time while you're fighting other people.
You're still gonna see an Azwel reduced to just some old guy wearing a thong sometimes and you'll see things like perverted custom chars online, but that's all *pretty* easy to ignore while you're playing.

That might be the case if you are sufficiently invested in the game or really hardcore about it, but for casual players we care more about how good it looks than how effective it is. I don't mind losing if the duel was fun and cinematic.

Having my ingame representation or that of my opponent reduced to underwear spoils the fun. If you've been objectified yourself at some point in your life, think back to how that made you feel and maybe it'll be easier to understand why it's such a big deal to me when it is, in the end, just a visual effect.